I have a very stong dislike for the USPS! Grrrrrrrrrr!!! Update :(

[KKluckers]

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That is sad. With a post mark of several days old and a live animal they should allow opening to care for the animal.

Mine are always opened and ooh'ed and aah'ed over before I get there, but I work there. I'm not sure I'd be allowed to open someone elses...partly b/c you truly never know how someone will react. You'd be surprised the foolish things that people complain about.

My PO is nice they always ask when I get adult birds in if they need water.

 

[MissPrissy]

Anyone that would complain about a box marked live shipment stuck on saturday night that would not be delivered before monday already 2 days past delivery deserves a box of death.

If someone had called me Saturday I could have driven to get them or allowed them to give the chicks water and something - mushed banana, apple, etc.

 

[willowcol]

So sorry for you and the poor little chick! I was going to order live chicks but then figured I would wait til spring. My sister-in-law ordered 25 chicks from McMurrays were due to get them on Oct 26th, well they sent them 2 weeks early. Lucky they were home and not away since no one called to tell her they sent them early. They are all doing well, but everyone was slightly upset since the brooder and things were not ready yet.

 

[the1much]

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that would common sense,,, people dont have that anymore

 

[The Monkey Mama]

I am SO sorry - this is truly horrifying.

I have had many frustrations with my local PO over the years, but I can't imagine something like this - it seems just plain evil.

I am so sorry about your chicks and all you went through trying to get them.

Kelly

 

[Mrs MIA]

My boxes have always been opened when I get there, too... I started to open it to ask if they wanted to see them, and they said they already checked to make sure they were alive.

 

[cwc362]

I really hated to hear about your loss- I hope the few you have left will do well. I haven't ordered any chicks in many years, but after hearing this I am leary of ordering. I wanted to have a flock of layers next year but now I may just try to obtain them locally instead of from one of the big hatcheries. Sorry about your loss. Wayne

 

[Eilene]

How awful. As I was reading this I was really hoping it would have a happy ending. I can't imagine getting a box like that and how helpless you must have felt. And I can't believe the lack of sorrow on the part of the person you talked to at the hatchery. If someone called and told me that 95 out of 100 chicks arrived dead because of postal errors I would have been just as upset as the caller.

I haven't started my flock yet. We are waiting for spring and I was planning on ordering chicks until I have enough birds to hatch my own eggs but after reading this I'm also going to stick to smaller local hatcheries when the time comes.

 

[hinkjc]

MP - I am so sorry about your chicks. That is horrible and so sad to know any humans would walk by that box of obvious live animals and let them sit and suffer, without picking up the phone or reviewing the dates to see how long they've been in there.

That is just unspeakable, yet the PO gets away with it. Whether it is one box out of thousands or not, it is still unacceptable and there is no excuse for it.

It is the POs responsibility to determine if a live shipment can make it to the destination in time for live animals. If it cannot or there is any doubt, they should not have accepted the shipment. Priority mail is acceptable for day olds, but there is also special handling services supposed to be applied for lives. The PO obviously failed in all aspects for this shipment. This is why I only ship Express - to get a guarantee and tracking (if they update it like they're supposed to).

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Jody

 

[steffpeck]

I am so sorry!!

It is beyond my comprehension how people can be so dense, and so heartless to let this happen to those poor chicks!!